Project's information

Project's title Assessing the environmental capacity of the south-central coastal waters of Vietnam for the aquaculture and tourist development
Research hosting institution Institute of Oceanography
Project leader’s name Dr. Nguyen Huu Huan
Project duration 01/01/2011 - 01/01/2012
Project’s budget 400,000,000 VND
Classify Fair
Goal and objectives of the project
  • Assess the environmental capacity of the south-central coastal waters of Vietnam.
  • Provide scientific foundation on environmental capacity to plan on the aquaculture and tourist activities.  
  • Propose the solutions for sustainable development.    
Main results
  • Theoretical results: the calculated results of environmental capacity of the two semi-closed waters and the proposal of management solutions for them; the results of training participation: 01PhD, 01 MSc. and 02 BScs.  
  • Applied results: The results of the project can be referenced and used in the management, the planning of socio-economic developments for the two waters and in the research and teaching on the fields of the environmental capacity assessment.
Novelty and actuality and scientific meaningfulness of the results

The methodology and the calculated results of environmental capacity of the two south-central coastal waters of Vietnam.
Products of the project

Scientific papers in referred journals (list):

  • Quantitative assessment of non-point waste sources in Thuy Trieu lagoon. In Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology. No.1-2013. ISN 1859-2252.
  • Modeling the dynamic characteristics of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in Nha Trang-Nha Phu waters. In the International Conference on BIEN DONG 2012 (reviewed).
  • The water exchange and nutrient status of Binh Cang-Nha Phu waters. In Journal of Marine Science and Technology, VAST (reviewed).

Other products (if applicable): 2 pieces of software: calculation of environmental capacity and management of database. 
Research area

27.nguyenhuuhuan3
Research region

The administrations of Khanh Hoa province.